Clip or elastic-band attachment for books.



No. 877,771. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

M. A. HIRSGH. OLIP 0R ELASTIC BAND. ATTACHMENT FOR BOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1905.

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UNITED STATES MICHAEL ANGELO HIRSGH, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLIP OR ELASTIC-BAND ATTACHMENT FOR BOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patented Jan. 28,1908.

Application filed March 6. 1905. Serial No. 248624.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL ANGELO HIRSCH, citizen of the United States,residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clipsor Elastic-Band Attachments for Books, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to the combination with booksparticularly such assmall memorandum books, bank pass-books, account books and the like,boxesparticularly such as small pasteboard boxes, and otherinclosuresparticularly such as envelops, of a device or clip applied tosuch articles and adapted to attach thereto an elastic band, cord, tape,or the like, or to perform other useful function, such as securing theflap of an envelop.

The invention may be more readily understood and explained by referenceto the accompanying drawing illustrating several embodiments thereofdiffering in minor details.

Figure 1 is an edge view of a bank passbook having an elastic bandattached thereto by a device or clip of my invention; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same partly in section; Figs. 3 and 4 are views similarto Figs. 1 and 2, of a slightly modified form of device or clip; Figs. 5and 6 illustrate the operation of applying the clip to a book; Fig. 7 isaview similar to Fig. 4 showing another slightly modified form of clip;Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 show still other modified forms of the clip.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the metallic clip (preferably made ofwell-known quality of wire suitably resilient for such purposes and bentto approximately the shape shown) comprises a retaining or anchoringstem 4, having at one end thereof a hook 3 Which at its bend extendsthrough an opening in the book. At its extremity 2 the hook bearsagainst or toward the outer surface of the book and is curled or bentback upon itself to avoid a sharp or rough point. Between its saidextremity and the point where its bend leaves the opening through thebook, the book bows or arches outward away from the surface of the book,thereby forming what may be designated an eye 1. Normally, that is,before its application to the book, the distance between the extremityof the book and the stem 4 which it overhangs, is preferably less thanthe thickness of the material or wall of the article to which the clipis applied; it follows that the resilient tongue, formed by that part ofthe hook which is positioned at the outer surface of the book, bears atits extremity firmly against said surface. An elastic band 20, cord orthe like, may be readily passed into and out of the eye 2 by forcing itunder the extremity of thehook, which yieldingly bears against the book.

The modified form of the device or clip shown in Figs. 3 and 4 differsfrom the clip of Figs. 1. and 2 in having the extremity of its hook bentto form a loop 6 in a plane approximately parallel to the surface whichit is to engage. The extremity of the hook thus has a more extendedsurface for hearing against the surface of the book.

In the form of clip shown in Fig. 7, the extremity 7 of the hook is bentdownward and upward in a reverse direction to the bend at the extremityof the hook of Fig. 2.

The device or clip of Figs. 5 and 6 is similar to that of Figs. 1 and 2,except that the extremity of the hook is not bent back upon itself.These views illustrate the preferred manner of applying the clip to abank passbook. The book is opened at its middle and, a hole punchedthrough it at what may be designated its hinge-line or line of fold.With the book partly open, as shown in Fig. 5, the stem 4 of the clip isforced through the punched hole, until the bend of the book is finallybrought to position through said hole, as shown in Fig. 6. The clip isthen turned to cause the stem 4 to extend along and make contact withthe inner surface of the book at the line of fold, as shown in Figs. 1to 4. With the book closed, holding the retaining or anchoring the book,it will be impossible for the clip to become turned to one side or theother from its position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Should the clip becomeslightly turned upon opening the book, the subsequent closing thereofwill return. the clip to its proper position. The clip may, of course,be applied in other positions than at the line of fold of a book orarticle.

stem 4 between opposmg inner surfaces of Fig. 11 shows the clip of Figs.4 and 5 of slightly different dimensions for use with a book or articlehaving a thinner wall.

In the modified form of clip shown in Fig. 8, the end 8 of the retainingor anchoring stem extends upward through and is bent down against theouter surface of the wall of the article to which the device is applied,the extremity of the hook 8 overhanging said end of the stem.

In Fig. 9 the retaining or anchoring stem is formed with a pronged,sharpened or pointed end 9 entering the inner surface of the wall of thearticle to which the clip is applied.

The clip of Fig. 10 resembles that of Fig. 8,

I the hook 10 and stem 10 differing in obvious respectsfromcorresponding parts of Fig. 8. a

The elastic band, cord or the like, attached to an article in the mannerexplained, may serve various purposes, such, for example, as affording ameans adapted to extend around the article to hold it closed (especiallyuseful in the case of bank pass-books), or a means for suspending thearticle or attaching it to other articles.

What I claim is 1. The combination with an article such as specified, ofa metallic device or clip consisting of. a retaining or anchoring stemhaving a hook at one end thereof, said hook forming an eye at the outersurface of the article and. at its bend extending through an opening inthe article to the stem which engages an inner surface of the article.

2. The combination with a book, of a metallic device or clip consistingof a retaining or anchoring stem having a hook at one end thereof, saidhook forming an. eye at the outer surface of the book and at its bendextending through an opening in the book at the line of fold thereof tothe stem which latter extends along and makes engagement with an innersurface of the book at approximately the line of fold thereof.

3. The combination with an article such as specified, of a metallicdeviceor clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem pointed. atone end and having a hook at its other end, said hook forming an eye atthe outer surface of the article and at its bend extending through anopening in the article to the stem which engages an inner surface of thearticle.

at. The combination with an article such. as specified, of a metallicdevice or clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem having a hookat one end thereof, said hook forming an eye at the outer surface of thearticle and at its bend extending through an opening in the article tothe stem which engages an inner surface of the article, and an elasticband, cord or the like passing through said eye of the metallic deviceor clip.

5. The combination with an article such as specified, of a metallicdevice .or clip consisting of a retaining or anchoring stem having ahook at one end thereof, said hook extending through an opening in thearticle with said stem engaging an inner surface of the article, and apart of the hook at the outer surface of the article bowing or archingoutward away from said surface between the extremity of the hook-whichlatter bears against or towards said surfaceand the part of the hookwhich passes into the opening in the article,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two'witnesses.

MICHAEL ANGELO HIRSCI-I.

Witnesses THOMAS MATTHEWS, G. S. WHITE.

